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COVID-19: It’s time to shut down, CUPP tells Governors

Barely 24 hours after it served an advisory on 17 governors to self-isolate themselves, the Coalition of United Progressive Parties (CUPP) which has kept abreast of the emerging developments in the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria has issued another advisory. This time, the opposition coalition is calling on governors to activate a temporary lockdown of their […]

COVID-19: Aisha Buhari bars access to President Buhari as Kyari goes into quarantine

Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has blocked off all access to the President at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, following the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari’s reported COVID-19 infection. President Buhari’s  COVID-19 test conducted by officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) returned negative on Monday.  According to a report by ThisDay, […]

COVID-19: Uzodinma ignores directive on social distancing, holds elaborate swearing-in ceremony

…As Civil Society kicks Barely 48 hours after the Imo state governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma addressed Imo people in a statewide broadcast urging strict compliance to social restrictions, the government has flagrantly violated its own rules and the federal government’s directive on social distancing. This followed an elaborate swearing-in ceremony Monday morning, which drew appointees […]

COVID-19: Ebonyi bans burials, weddings, seminars

Governor of Ebonyi state, Chief Dave Umahi, Monday banned all forms of public gathering including wedding ceremonies, burials, conferences and seminars in the state. The ban will stay in force for the next one month, the governor said. Umahi disclosed the ban during a town hall meeting at the International Conference Centre Abakaliki, the state […]

Atiku’s son tests postive to COVID-19, hospitalized

…CUPP reacts One of the sons of Nigeria former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has tested positive to COVID-19. This was disclosed by Atku Abubakar himself through his Twitter handle, @Atiku. He also informed that the son, (name withheld) has been moved to the Gwagwalada Specialist Hospital having earlier notified the Nigeria Centre for Disease […]

COVID-19: IGP orders enforcement of social restriction

…Warns against unnecessary arrests, detention Following the rampaging spread of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) across the world and the increasing number of confirmed cases in Nigeria, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has directed all Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and Commissioners of Police nationwide to enforce social restriction orders imposed by governments at all […]

Finally, ICPC arrests fugitive Ex-Presidential Panel Chairman, Obono-Obla

Following months of running from the law, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has finally arrested the suspended Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr. Ekoi Obono-Obla. Obono-Obla’s arrest by operatives of the Commission Friday, in Abuja, comes after he was declared wanted […]